valedictorians and at other schools, they have multiples. so are we coddling our kids by not recognizing just one stop student? joining us for a fair and balanced debate are cynthia dunbar, parent and member of the texas school board of education and amber winkler, research director for the thomas b. fordham institute where they examine education trends. she told me 24/7 and joins us from d.c. good morning to both of you. good morning. let s start with you in texas. why do you think it s ok for some schools to have 20, 30, 40 valedictorians? well, you know, i don t know for sure where the number is. i do realize that it s important for us to not give them that title if they don t have if they haven t earned it academically and we have to make sure we re comparing apples to apples. in other words, the student who takes an a.p. chemistry class, i think should get more credit than one that just takes a regular high school course. however, a lot of times these